Spot-fin Porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix)

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Subject:	Spot-fin Porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix)
Poster:	Phoby (phoby@hanafos.com)

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Spot-fin Porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix)

Spiny puffer, a porcupine fish - Diodon hystrix Observed on a night dive

Image ID: reef0073, The Coral Kingdom Collection
Location: Pokai Bay, Oahu
Photo Date: March 1968
Photographer: Dr. James P. McVey, NOAA Sea Grant Program

Photo Source:
The NOAA Photo Library http://www.photolib.noaa.gov
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA) http://www.noaa.gov/

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Scientific Name: Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 Common Names: English – Spot-fin Porcupinefish, Black-spotted Porcupinefish, Burrfish, Freckled Porcupinefish, Giant porcupinefish, Giant Porcupinefish, Hedgehog, Hedgehog Fish, Porcupinefish, Sharptail Mola, Spiny Puffer, Ajargo, Spotted Percupine Fish, Spotted Porcupine, Spotted Porcupinefish, Ballonfish French – Poisson Porc-épic, Grand Porc-épic, Porc-épic Boubou, Porc-épic Pointillé, Porc-épine Boubou Spanish – Batana, Batea, Guanabana, Guanábana, Pejerizo Común, Pez Eriso, Pez Erizo Del Punteado, Pez Erizo Pecoso, Puercoespín, Puerco Espín, Puerco Espino, Puercoespín Pecoso, Tamborillo, Tamboril Pintado Synonyms: Diodon armillatus Whitley, 1933 Diodon brachiatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Diodon nudifrons Jenkins, 1903 Diodon punctatus Cuvier, 1818 Diodon spinosissimus Cuvier, 1818 Diodon totara Curtiss, 1938

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